Valentines Weekend: the ribs

There was a beautiful pub down the road where we had dinner our first night. They had a deal where if you can the entire ribs platter, you get a free chocolate ice cream sundae. Say no more to my husband!

I wish it was a clearer picture, but it is that whole huge thing, hanging over the side. This is an enormous plate.


My face while he was eating.
He didn't stop, and said he could even eat another rack of ribs when he was done. I have NEVER EVER seen such a huge strip of ribs. And it was resting on top of a whole plate of fries.
Well, it WAS a tasty sundae (I was granted a bite).

Valentines Weekend: the place

My Auntie Joyce and Uncle Rob gave us a Valentine's weekend away as a wedding gift. We had THE BEST time. We were in Canterbury, in Kent.
Above is the main building of the resort (!), and a video I took of the beautiful lodge we had for two nights!



That main building had a beautiful, huge reception area with two roaring fires, a snooker room, a pub, and a restaurant. Sadly we didn't have time to use any of those, but we did go in the pool.

This pool was smaller so Pete did 60 laps!

Birthday Part Two

I sometimes call Pete "an 8 year old" and what I planned for his birthday was evidence of that. It was a surprise night and I just told him where to drive.

First stop: McDonalds!
Pete opening his presents there.













Second stop: Waltham Abbey Marriott!
Pete jumping on the bed.













We both were talking recently about how we haven't been swimming in years. Also Pete LOVES and I mean LOVES hotels. So we had a surprise stay at the Marriott and had the whole pool to ourselves. Pete did 34 laps.. one for each year.

Next morning: Breakfast at the Candy Café!Great place.

My old man

Yeah Pete's birthday! Ok it was a month ago. But we had a great time. These are some pictures of our dinner out with his buddies.






Neil










Matt










Egle











Spencer



















Back at our house for cake and ice cream!

New Years 2011

I only took a few pictures, but we were at our friends' house playing games. It will always seem weird to be in England on New Years, where they have no ball dropping!




















UK Monopoly...

The reason we had such a great night - we had Park Lane and Mayfair, both with hotels on them! (Equivalent of Park Place and Boardwalk!)

Christmas morning 2010

Our first married Christmas morning! And thus you are subjected to our bedhead and pajama pictures.












Pete wrapped one of my presents using paper clips and another one was tied with spaghetti.



















































We got great stuff!!

Jonah the Red Nosed Reindeer

How cute is this kid!!

Pre-Christmas

My life has been pretty boring lately so I haven't bothered blogging. But I'm going to upload some pictures from the holidays at least, for the sake of keeping this thing going.








Pete and I made anginettes.






















Cute slightly Charlie Brown tree (my first real tree since I was 22!)
























Our pretty window.

Plan B weekend

Pete and I were supposed to go to his parents' place in Bournemouth last weekend but the temperature got really low in the UK and they needed to close it down for the winter (over a month earlier than they hoped to). So last minute we decided instead to go to another nearby town called Basildon, with a visit down to the seaside, to Southend-on-Sea.

It was FREEZING!! But I like getting to see other areas of the country. (Especially when we can get home in just over an hour).





















I had to include a picture of this rollercoaster they have on the water. I have never seen something so insane as that up-and-down thing! We watched the three people actually at the amusement park go on this ride.

3rd annual Skype Thanksgiving

My mom put the laptop on the kitchen counter while the Veces arrived at their house. We loved it.